William Saletan Sucks

I know I am a big late in getting on the bandwagon of people (the center-left blogosphere has already jumped down his throat a couple dozen times) who hate Slate.com's chief political correspondent, William Saletan, but his latest article really is a piece of trash. The main problem with Saletan is that he is a obstensibly liberal pundit willing to be so evenhanded, he ends up being much harsher on Democrats than on Republicans. Not only that, but his criticisms are all baseless half-bright attacks rather than anything of substance. For example, his opening paragraph could have been written by Andrew Sullivan one of huh-huh conservatism's leading lights:

In 1988, Michael Dukakis' Texan running mate, Lloyd Bentsen, went around the South telling people, "Michael Dukakis will not take your gun away!" This week, in a speech aimed at proving he's no Dukakis, Howard Dean promises not to take your Army's guns away.

In short, Saletan just blows.